The first person to discover Aizawa Ryuhei's suicide and call the police was Kokarasuma.
The reason is not that complicated. After leaving school, the boy who had already noticed the truth behind the case returned directly to the Metropolitan Police Department to interrogate the illegal doctor Shiraki Mamoru.
Since he was at the Metropolitan Police Department, the boy could not blatantly take Karasuma with him this time.
Therefore, Karasuma, who suddenly had nothing to do but didn't want to just go back to class, planned to go to Aizawa Ryuhei, the suspect she considered to be the biggest suspect at present, to see if she could find out anything more. The information comes out.
Then, when she went there, she found Ryu Aizawa lying on his back at home, his body half cold.
"Didn't I tell you to go back to class first..."
Rushing to Aizawa Ryuhei's house, the first thing the boy saw was Karasuma standing nearby.
This girl had a tendency to get angry every time she encountered these cases, which made him very helpless.
"I also want to find evidence as soon as possible and catch the murderer of Qiuna..." Karasuma muttered and retorted in a low voice.
"Your suspicion is wrong. Aizawa Ryuhei is not the murderer. He is just a victim used by the murderer to frame the crime."
"Huh? What what?"
After leaving such a sentence, the boy did not discuss it with the shocked Karasuma, but first looked at the scene.
In the living room of the room, Ryu Aizawa fell face down on the floor, clutching his chest with both hands, his eyes widened, and his facial features were ferociously twisted. He seemed to have suffered great pain before death, and there was liquid flowing out of the corners of his mouth. Mark of.
The circumstances of his death were highly similar to those of the two previous deceased persons, Kanda Akina and Miyamoto Sanae.
Obviously, Aizawa Ryuhei also died of aconite poisoning, which the police had confirmed before the boy arrived.
At the same time, on the table next to him, there was an opened bottle of whiskey and an overturned goblet.
"Where was aconitum detected?" the boy asked.
"It's in the bottle."
The detective wearing gloves on the side raised his hand to motion to the bottle of whiskey on the table.
"According to the test results of the forensic department, there are aconite powder residues near the mouth of the wine bottle and on the inside of the bottle extending downward.
We therefore speculate that the deceased should have poured aconite powder into the bottle and then committed suicide by drinking the poisonous wine. "
The boy did not respond. He looked at the wine bottle in front of him quietly and suddenly asked:
"Have you found the paper bag... or container used to store aconite powder?"
"ah?"
Hearing the boy's question, the detective was stunned on the spot.
"The deceased couldn't possibly have had these aconite powders in his hands all the time, right?"
Saying this, the boy turned to look at the detective and continued:
"Even a deceased person with suicidal tendencies would keep this highly toxic item in a safe place before using it."
"……yes."
"So, has the container that the deceased used to store aconite powder been found?"
"I'm sorry, we have carefully checked this apartment before, but we didn't find any similar containers. Mr. Shirakawa, please wait a moment, we will go back soon..."
"No need to look for it, you can't find it."
The boy shook his head slightly and interrupted the detective.
"Because the person who poisoned him was not him at all. Aizawa Ryuhei did not commit suicide, but was silenced."
With that said, the boy looked at the bottle of whiskey again and said:
"Take this wine bottle back and immediately detect the fingerprint information on it. By the way, place it in every corner of the room... focusing on places that are easily touched by hands such as doorbells, door handles, or faucet switches. Also check it again.
I think there should be fingerprints of the real murderer other than Ryuhei Aizawa on these places. "
"Yes!" The detective nodded immediately and quickly turned around and left.
After giving instructions here, the boy turned around and left quickly without stopping.
"Wooden man, where are you going? Do you already know who the murderer is?"
Behind him, Karasuma followed him in a familiar manner and got into the police car with him.
"Drive." The boy glanced at her and acquiesced to her behavior.
"Go to Kuboi's house and catch the real murderer."
"..."
The constant twists and turns and complexity of this case made the boy, who had now seen all the truth clearly, feel a sense of surprise.
Of course, what surprised him was not exactly how complicated the case was. What really surprised him was that he designed the murder method and remained unwavering in killing several people in a row, firmly promoting this plan. The real culprit behind the scenes that is going on is actually just a girl who is still at school age?
At Kuboi's house, the boy was sitting on the sofa in the living room, quietly looking at Kuboi Miko who was sitting opposite him.
This time, sitting next to him was not only Karasuma, but also Keiko Hatoyama, who was going back to the university to attend classes, but they bumped into each other on the way, so he came with him.
Over the past year, due to Karasuma's activeness and Keiko Hatoyama's own physical condition, she rarely visited crime scenes with boys as she did before.
More often than not, it was the boy who would tell her the process as a story after solving the case.
Therefore, since they happened to meet each other today, the boy would naturally not refuse Hatoyama Keiko's idea of coming together.
"Officer Baihe, you are here again."
In the living room, Kuboi looked at the boy and said with a smile:
"Is there anything else you need to ask me?"
Kuboi Riko's appearance is very good, but compared to her own rival in school, Kanda Akina, she is a little inferior.
Not only in terms of appearance, for these two people who are both members of the drama club, Kuboi's acting skills are also worse than Kanda Akina's.
To put it bluntly, Riko Kuboi is like Kanda Akina's "lower substitute" in school, even if Kanda Akina herself does not have this idea.
The boy's eyes stayed on Kuboi's hair.
Among all the people involved in this case, the second deceased, Miyamoto Sanae, had neat short hair, which the boy noticed when he first saw his body.
As for the No. 1 deceased, Kanda Akina, and another previous suspect, Kida Airi, they both had long straight hair, and Kida Airi still had very long twin tails.
Only Kuboi Rouko was born with slightly curly hair.
This is exactly the same as the women's hair that Aizawa Ryuhei's wife collected from the side of the sink at home.
"Kubai-san, I just heard from your school that you are on leave today." The boy asked, but he did not respond to Kuboi's previous inquiry.
"Well, because of this incident, I have been feeling a little uncomfortable, so I wanted to take a leave of absence to rest..."
Kuboi Riko replied, her expression was extremely calm, the boy looked directly at her and added:
"You took leave after Aizawa Ryuhei."
After the words fell, there was finally a slight change in Kubojing Luzi's originally calm face.
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(End of chapter)
